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- [20 cent., first ½]. (Creation)
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iv, 139 ff. ; 280 x 220 mm. Half-leather, double gold fillet, gilt edges; gilt panels and 'Letters of Captain ... Heaton 1833-1904 II Typescript' on spine.
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Russell Baldwin & Bright; Leominster; Purchased at auction, lot 533; 2-3 November 1983
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Scope and content
A volume, [20 cent., first ½], containing typescript transcripts of letters, 1855-1858, from Captain Henry William Heaton of the 14th Foot regiment, written to his mother whilst serving in the Crimean War and later as a rifle instructor with the British Army in Greece.
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22049D.
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- Great Britain. Army. 14th Foot Regiment (Subject)
- Heaton, Henry William, Captain, 1833-1904 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Heaton, Amelia Maria -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Heaton, Henry William, Captain, 1833-1904 Correspondence, 1855-1858, transcript (20 cent.), NLW MS 22049D (Subject)
- Heaton, Amelia Maria (Subject)
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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- English